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Typical Tim Allen fare, which to me is good. The first couple of episodes are ok, there's potential. The big problem here is Kar Dennings. She's terrible. There's probably two reasons she gets work, and as she ages she's going to be in trouble.

The kids are ok. The girl seems like she's always trying not to laugh which is distracting. The boy actor is a bit better.

The concept of old curmudgeon Allen trying to wrap his head around a coddled modern generation isn't new (especially in a Tim Allen project) but it works, mostly because of Allen.

Overall the show has promise, but wow Dennings is horrible.

Original story featured characters Dan Upton and Edward Derby. Here we get Daniella Upton and Elizabeth Derby. Because...of course. I didn't care for the psychiatrist angle either, it seemed too convenient and not fitting for a Lovecraft story. I am always understanding (although oftentimes regretful) of the fact source material needs to be modified and left out to fit into a movie, but this was based on a short story. The performances overall were fine; Graham is usually always good in whatever she's in. I just wish the screenplay had stayed truer to the original story. The final chapter in it was amazing and would have translated well to film.

Who thought this incredibly obnoxious new character was a good idea? I've been trying to stay with it but anymore I'm noping out of the episodes within seconds of Zara showing up.

I don't mind new characters, even 14 years into a show, as long as they don't...you know...suck. But the writing for Zara is so beyond obnoxious and intolerable its impossible to watxh anymore. This show has always handled introducing new, recurring characters really well even if they weren't great or made much sense (looking st you, Robert) but this time the producers wer the bed.

Maybe take a page out of how Married With Children handled Seven? Send her up the stairs, only to never be seen again aside from a brief appearance on a milk carton a year or two later.